Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary

This article presents two examples of contemporary private religious spaces against the background of the small-town architecture of the typical, largely unknown town of Szécsény, Hungary, using projects by the Hungarian architect Csanády Gábor Mátyás, DLA, as an example. It discusses the ideas that...

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Main Author: Podhalański Bogusław
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-01-01
Series:Technical Transactions
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020008
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description This article presents two examples of contemporary private religious spaces against the background of the small-town architecture of the typical, largely unknown town of Szécsény, Hungary, using projects by the Hungarian architect Csanády Gábor Mátyás, DLA, as an example. It discusses the ideas that defined the adaptive reuse of a former school, located in an existing complex adjacent to a monastery of the Order of St. Francis, which was converted into a social care home, and a chapel in the architect’s own house.
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spelling doaj.art-b2a9a8aba63a4666b8fa0994dbf8da5c2023-12-18T12:46:11ZengSciendoTechnical Transactions2353-737X2020-01-01117110.37705/TechTrans/e2020008Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, HungaryPodhalański Bogusław0Institute of City and Regional Design, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of TechnologyThis article presents two examples of contemporary private religious spaces against the background of the small-town architecture of the typical, largely unknown town of Szécsény, Hungary, using projects by the Hungarian architect Csanády Gábor Mátyás, DLA, as an example. It discusses the ideas that defined the adaptive reuse of a former school, located in an existing complex adjacent to a monastery of the Order of St. Francis, which was converted into a social care home, and a chapel in the architect’s own house.https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020008private religious spaceschool building adaptationsocial care homeszécsény
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Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary
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social care home
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title Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary
title_full Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary
title_fullStr Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary
title_full_unstemmed Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary
title_short Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary
title_sort private religious space in hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in szecseny hungary
topic private religious space
school building adaptation
social care home
szécsény
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